Toy gun



Jan. 3, 1928.

F. URBUTEIT TOY- GUN Filed Feb. 2. 1927 MMV 30 port for the elastic bands.

Patented Jan. 3 1928.

OFFICIELv FRED URBUTEIT, or sunrHUR SPRINGS, FLORIDA.

TOY GUN.

Application filed February 2, 1927, Serial No. 165,376.y

My invention relates to toys and has particular reference to a toy gun or pistol adapted to shoot elastic bands, my purpose being to provide a4 toy of this character which is cheap and easy to produce,strong, durable,

easy to operate and which *includes means adjustable to vary the distance the elastic bands will be projected therefrom.

A With the foregoing and other purposes in view, m invention consists in the novel features o construction, combination and arY rangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the 'accompanying drawings and defined in the ap ended claims. A

ih the drawings, wherein like characters of reference denote corresponding parts in the different views:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a toy pistol 'l20 embodying the novel and essential features of-my invention, showing in dotted lines the released position of theelastic band holding means;

Fig. `2, a top plan view;

Fig.'3', a fragmentary perspective of a rear end portion of the toy;

Fig. 4, an elevation of the front end of the toy; and 'y Fig. 5, a perspective of the adjustable sup- Referring now to the drawlngs in detail, it will be observed that my improved toy in -the present instance is constructed to simulate/a pistol, and includes accordingly a barrel simulating member v10 and a handle 12. These parts preferably are formed from wood, although't-hey may be formed from any other suitable or desired material, barrel 10 being provided at its rear end,with a reduced portion 14 and handle 12 having an opening 16 formed therethrough near its upper end snugly receiving said'reduced portion whereby the barrel and handle are secured rigidly to ether.

45. Barrel 10 is o any suitable length and is of rectangular shape in cross section, its corners throughout a major portion of its length, being rounded as shown and its forward end bem-g bored for a limited depth in 0 order that the toyl may resemblesomewhat closely an actualrearm.

Handle 12 extends downwardly and at a rearward inclination with respect to barrel 10 and' has securedl against its opposite sides a pair of plates 20, 20, a portion of each of which extends rearwardly beyond the rear face of the handle, so as to receive there between the intermediate portion of a trigger` 22, a pin 24 passing through said plates and said trigger serving to connect the latter to the handle' for pivotal movement with respect thereto between the full and dotted line positions shown in Fig. 1. v Projecting forwardly from the trigger at its Aupper end is a pin 2 6 which enters the 0 ening A16 in the handle when the tri ger ls'in its full line position shown in 1g. 1 and which moves out of said opening to a position with its free end spaced from the rear face of the handle when the tri ger lis moved to its dotted line position shown in Fig. 1. The rear face of the handle is provided with a recess 28 which intersects the opening 16 and opens through the top of the handle.

Arranged beneath the barrellO, parallel thereto, is a stri secured to the barrel by 'U-shaped metalllc hangers 32. This stri is provided with a channel 34 in its upper ace cooperating with the under face of the barrel ,10'to provide a guidewayin which is ar' ranged a light contractile coil spring 36 the rear end of which is secured to a fastener 38 which extends through the rearmost hanger 32 and through thepstrip 30. into the barrel 10, and the forward end of which is secured to a yoke 40 which embraces the barrel 10 and is movable along the same.

Yoke 40 is formed preferably from ay sin le length of wire bent to form a rectangular? shaped body portion to embrace vthe barrel,

one of its free endl ortions being bent'forwardly and upward y asyat 42 and its other freeend portion extendmg rearwardl and terminating in a downwardly direct loop 44 adapted for engagement in anyone of a number of spaced recesses 46. formed in the upperface of the barrel 10.

The effect of vspring 36 is to rotate yoke 40 to swing the loop 44 above the plane of the upper face of the barrel where it will not engage with any one of the recesses 46 and to hold the loop normally in a position near the rear end of the barrel as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1 and by full lines in Fig. 2. As is apparent, however, if the yoke is moved forwardly along the barrel against `the force of spring 36 until the loop 44 is voverone of the recesses 46 and rearward pressure thenis imposed on the terminal 42. the yoke will be 'rotated to `move the loop 44 into the recess and thus the yoke will be held against rearward movement so long as the rearward pressure is maintained against the terminal 42.

In 'the use of m toy the trigger 22 is moved to its dotte line position of Fi l and an elastic band A to be projecte is looped over the pin 26. The trigger then is swung to its full line position of Fig. 1 and the elastic band is brought forward through the lupper end of the recess 28, over the top of the barrel and looped over the terminal 42 of yoke 40 which -latter is at its limit of rearward movement along the barrel 10. Yoke 40 is then moved forward along the barrel l0 to stretch the elastic band, the loop 44 being engaged in any one of the recesses 44 according to the distance it is desired to protect the band, it being understood, of course, that the greater the length to which the band is stretched the greater the distance it will .be protected. After the band has been stretched to a desired length the yoke 40 is released and the elasticity of the stretched band maintains suiicient rearward pressurel against the terminal 42 of the yoke to hold ythe `terminal 44 in the selected recess 46 whereby the yoke is prevented from being moved rearwardly along the barrel bythe v spring 36 and whereby the band thus is maintained lstretched in'readiness to be released and projected. To release the band the trigger 24 is ressed forwardly at its lower end which swings its rear end rearwardly, mov# ing the pin 26 out of engagement with the band,l which latter, due to its elasticity, then reacts from the terminal 42l and is projected forwardly from the toy, the yoke 40 at thesame time being released and being pulled to its 'normal position towards the rear of the toy by the spring 36. v

If desired' the yoke 40 and its associated parts may be eliminated, in which event the band may be loopedaround the front end of the barrel 10 or around a suitable rojection which may be provided on the ar'rel. Furthermore, various other. changes and desirable additions may be made in and to the' structure shown within the spirit and scope of pended claims.

I claim: l

1. A toy includin a barrel, an anchorage carrled by and a justable along the barrel and with which one end of a tensioned elastic projectile is detachably engageable, means whereby a tensioned elastic projectile engagedwith -said anchorage holds my invention as definedV in the ap- 'the latter( in adjusted position along said 'normal position near `the' rear 'end of said.

barrel, means whereby a tensioned velastic projectile engaged with said anchorage holds the latter in an adjusted position forwardly along the, barrel -with respect to its normal position, and a trigger operable to releasably secure the other end of said projectile.

3. A toy gun including a barrel provided with a series of stop formations spaced 1ongitudinally along the barrel, an anchorage carri'edby and adjustable along the barrel and with which one end of a tensioned elastic projectile is detachably engageable, means carried by said anchorage for engagement with a selected stop formation to hold the anchorage against rearward movement along the barrel, and a trigger at the rear end of the barrel operable to releasably sec-ure the other end of the projectile.

4. A toy gun including a barrel provided with a series of recesses in its upper face spaced longitudinally along the barrel, a yoke embracing the barrel and movable therealong, means carried by said yoke with which one end of a tensioned elastic projectile is detachably engageable, means also fill carried by said yoke for engagement within 1 to releasably secure thether end of thel projectile.

5. A toy gun including a barrel, an anchorage carried by and adjustable along` 'the barrel and with which one end of'a tensloned elastic projectile is detachably en` gageable, means whereby a tensioned elastic projectile engaged with said anchorage holds the latter in adjusted position along said barrel, a contractile coil spring connected with said anchorageand reacting from said barrel to movesaid anchorage to a normal position near the rear-end of said barrel, a

member cooperating with said barrel to provide a housing` for said spring, and a trigger operable to releasably secure the-other end of the projectile.

a trigger intermediately pivoted to the handle, a pin projecting forwardly from said .trigger over which one end of a tensioned elastic band is releasably engageable, and an anchorage carried by the barrel over which the other end of said band is releasably engageable.

7 A toy gun including a barrel, la handle,

6. A toy gun including la barrel, a handle,

a trigger pivoted to said handle, a pin cai`` said trigger and said handle having a, recess formed in the rear face thereof to receive said pin and also to receive a portion of said band, said recess openin through the top of the handle, by the barrel over said band is releasably en In testimony whereof I FRED URBUTEIT.

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